FLETC UPTP EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Identify elements in the use of authority. ANSW✅✅-Power, Force, Discretion, Control, Influence,
Leadership, Command Presence
Power ANSW✅✅the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course
of events.
-Legislative laws and regulations
-Knowledge of human behavior
-Society
Force ANSW✅✅Show of strength with the intensity of effort. It is physically represented violence,
or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing.
Discretion ANSW✅✅The power or right to decide or act accordingly to one's own judgement
- Full enforcement of the law is not possible
Control ANSW✅✅To exercise restraint or direction over, dominate. The authority given to all law
enforcement officers in our society comes under the direction/control of the constitution of the U.S.
Influence ANSW✅✅An action exerted by one thing (radar, patrol car, police uniform, etc) or
person over another
Leadership ANSW✅✅One's ability to get others to willingly follow. We law enforcement officers
are authority figures that lead by example.
Command Presence ANSW✅✅How you are perceived by those around you helps to define our
command presence. Presenting yourself as someone in authority
- Personal appearance
-body language
- how you sound
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Identify elements in the use of authority. ANSW✅✅-Power, Force, Discretion, Control, Influence,
Leadership, Command Presence
Power ANSW✅✅the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course
of events.
-Legislative laws and regulations
-Knowledge of human behavior
-Society
Force ANSW✅✅Show of strength with the intensity of effort. It is physically represented violence,
or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing.
Discretion ANSW✅✅The power or right to decide or act accordingly to one's own judgement
- Full enforcement of the law is not possible
Control ANSW✅✅To exercise restraint or direction over, dominate. The authority given to all law
enforcement officers in our society comes under the direction/control of the constitution of the U.S.
Influence ANSW✅✅An action exerted by one thing (radar, patrol car, police uniform, etc) or
person over another
Leadership ANSW✅✅One's ability to get others to willingly follow. We law enforcement officers
are authority figures that lead by example.
Command Presence ANSW✅✅How you are perceived by those around you helps to define our
command presence. Presenting yourself as someone in authority
- Personal appearance
-body language
- how you sound
